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An Investigation into the Play of Children Living in a Traditionally Working Class Area of Back-to-Back Housing Property, in Leeds, in May and June, 1962
Collins, J M Mrs; McKelvie, Donald
1962
A study of schoolchildren at play in Leeds, combining researches in education and folk life by two postgraduate students at the University of Leeds. Mrs. Collins was taking a Diploma in Curricular Stu...
Dialect recording in Acomb, Northumberland
Lenihan, J M A
11 Jul 1939
[Side 1] [Inaudible]. [Side 2] Henry and Jack remember Otterburn picnics of the past, walking from West Woodburn to Otterburn, getting a lift on wood wagon, staying in Brigg and Coldtown, picnic sport...
Packing Skeps (Baskets)
Aston, Michael Geoffrey
1964
Finished wheeled Yorkshire packing skeps (large, wheeled baskets) being loaded onto the back of a lorry, at Burdekin's Baskets, Flushdyke, near Ossett (West Yorkshire).
Ski Jump
1965
Ski jump at Holmenkollen (Oslo, Norway), in snow. A skier has just landed back on the ski run after jumping.
Loose Photographs
[1962-1984]
A collection of unmounted photographs covering a range of subject areas. They include photographs taken by students, general fieldwork photography, and a number of the images relating to the Survey of...
Handknitting
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
1963
Miss Elizabeth Dinsdale knitting a stocking using traditional curved needles, with a sheath tucked into a belt, Hawes ( Wensleydale). A top crook holds the knitting firmly round her waist at the back....
Sheep-Shearing: Apedale
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
July 1967
Swaledale sheep in a sheep fold/pen, some shorn and others awaiting shearing, Apedale (North Yorkshire). A shearer can be seen throwing wound fleeces into the back of a truck. Mounted on Photo File ca...
Sheep-Shearing: Apedale
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
July 1967
Swaledale sheep in a sheep fold/pen, some shorn and others awaiting shearing, Apedale (North Yorkshire). A shearer can be seen throwing wound fleeces into the back of a truck. Mounted on Photo File ca...
Hay Net
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
June 1962
Hay net made of sisal twine hung from a stake in a field near Hawes ( Wensleydale). A hay net filled with hay was tied to the back of horse-drawn carts travelling long distances, ready for the horses ...
Quoits
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
June-August 1964
Two teenage boys playing quoits on a grass verge by the road at Castle Bolton ( Wensleydale). One of the boys has just thrown a quoit. Adult males from the village look on. Mounted on Photo File card ...
Quoits
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
June-August 1964
Two teenage boys playing quoits on a grass verge by the road at Castle Bolton ( Wensleydale). One of the boys is just about to throw a quoit. Adult males from the village look on. Mounted on Photo Fil...
Dialect recording in Heywood, Lancashire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
03 Feb 1956
[Side 1] Sam tells series of anecdotes incl. his efforts to trace descendants of local man sent to Botany Bay, describes trip by locals to Belle Vue (former zoo). [Side 2] Sam tells series of anecdote...